Knowledge, belief & agnosticism (Agnosticism)

by David Turell , Thursday, March 20, 2008, 18:03 (6090 days ago) @ clayto

"-----we are in the lucky one. Nothing else is possible." This sort of claim has alway seemed to me to be fundamentally flawed thinking. Whether there is one universe or multiples of multiuniverses the only factor that is required for our world to be one (possibly of many) with intelligent life is that we are here asking the question. If there really is only one inhabited planet (seems unlikely) in the whole of everything it is nothing to do with luck or any sort of god that it is ours that is the one, the very fact that we are here speculating about it means it must be the one (or one of many). 'Nothing else is possible" 
 
> Chris I'm in absolute agreement. I have always thought that the anthropic principle was useless, and further readings of Leslie suggest he is not impressed with that thinking either. Whether there is one inhabited planet with life or many is another issue. The question still remains, why does a universe with life exist, life that can think about the universe and describe it?